Monday, July 11, 2011

Double-crop soybeans refer to soybeans that are planted in the same growing season as another crop, usually wheat. In part due to high commodity prices for soybeans this year, a farmer decided to take a chance and plant soybeans on July 10, 2011 after wheat was harvested and straw was baled.

Here a farmer discbines a newly-harvested wheat field in order to both bale straw and then drill in soybeans. The discbine cuts the remaining wheat stubble and places it in windrows to be baled into small straw bales.

Farmer disbining wheat stubble in order to bale the straw

Here is a close-up shot of both the disbined wheat stubble and a small section that was not discbined, for comparision:

Wheat stubble

Next, the wheat stubble is baled into straw bales:

Baling wheat straw

In this photo, almost all of the wheat stubble is baled and the field is almost ready for planting soybeans.

Baling wheat straw

Next, a no-till drill plants the soybeans:

Planting double-crop soybeans in a wheat field

Here is a closer view of the field after the drill planted the soybeans:

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

On the eve of the USDA's March 31, 2011 Farm Acreage and Stock Report, one Will County farmer was increasing his corn acreage by plowing up an alfalfa field. The farmer said high corn prices influenced the decision to plow up the hay field early. The alfalfa field could have produced a good crop of hay, but the farmer decided to take advantage of high corn prices by increasing his corn acreage. Also influencing his decision was the fact that he already had enough hay fields to meet his hay customers' demand.

Commodities such as wheat, corn, and soybeans have increased steadily since the 2010 harvest.

An alfalfa field gets plowed under in order to make room for more corn acres in response to high prices for corn

High commodity prices influenced this Will County farmer to plow up an alfalfa field earlier than originally planned in order to increase corn acres on his farm

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Will County farmers enjoyed warm and dry weather--along with soaring commodity prices-- while completing their 2010 harvest. In fact, it was so warm that corn kernels that fell out of wagons and combines germinated and grew, as seen in the pictures below:

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Will County Fair Beef Show is held every Saturday of the Will County Fair in Peotone, Illinois. Cattle breeders and livestock farmers from around the area bring their stock to compete for a chance to win a Grand Champion ribbon.

Here is the Grand Champion Steer Drive from the 2010 Will County Fair:

Here is some video of a vintage Farmall H raking hay in Will County, Illinois.

2010 was a challenging year for hay farmers in Will County. It rained through much of the month of June, thwarting efforts to get the hay crop in. The hay in this video is rather dusty from having been rained on a few times.

The Farmall H tractor in this picture has been in our family for decades. My grandpa bought it from the local hardware store in Manhattan, Illinois. Hard to think to a time when you could buy tractors from the downtown of your local, small town.

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